September 18

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Death of Sean O’Casey in England.

47 miners were killed at Auchengeich Colliery, Lanarkshire when the bogies carrying them to work ran into smoke, 1,000 feet below ground.

Birth of Lord Roger of Earlsferry, Lord Justice General.

Stephen Hayes, a former IRA chief of staff, is kidnapped on 30 June

Home Rule Act on Statute Book but is suspended for the duration of World War

Kathleen Behan, née Kearney, Mother of All the Behans and folk singer is born in Dublin

Kelly and Timothy Deasy are rescued in a Fenian attack on a police van in Manchester during which a police sergeant is shot dead

Anne Devlin, friend and comrade of Robert Emmett, dies in Dublin

James Standish OGrady, novelist, is born in Castletownbere, Co. Cork

Theatre Royal, Glasgow, became the first theatre in Britain to be lit by gas.

First action of Glyn Dwrs revolt as Welsh rebels capture town of Ruthin.

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